United States Senate elections, 1924

United States Senate elections, 1924

November 4, 1924[1]

34 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate 49 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Charles Curtis Joseph Robinson Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat Kansas Arkansas Last election 53 seats 42 seats Seats before 50 45 Seats won 54 41 Seat change 4 4   Third party   Party Farmer–Labor Leader's seat Minnesota Last election 1 seat Seats before 1 Seats won 1 Seat change

Democratic gain   Democratic hold   Republican hold   Republican gain

Majority Leader before election Henry Cabot Lodge Republican Elected Majority Leader Charles Curtis Republican

The United States Senate elections of 1924 was an election for the United States Senate which coincided with the election of Republican President Calvin Coolidge to a full term. The strong economy and Coolidge's popularity helped Republican candidates increase their majority by four, although several interim appointments had worsened their numbers since the 1922 election; as a result, the party achieved a net gain of only one seat since the previous voting cycle.

Gains and losses

The Republicans took open seats in Colorado and Oklahoma, and defeated incumbents Augustus O. Stanley (D-Kentucky), David I. Walsh (D-Massachusetts), and Magnus Johnson (FL-Minnesota), but Democrats defeated Holm O. Bursum (R-New Mexico).

Senate contests in 1924

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
Alabama	J. Thomas Heflin	Democratic	Re-elected, 75.2 – 24.8	F. H. Lathrop (Republican)
Arkansas	Joseph T. Robinson	Democratic	Re-elected, 73.5 – 26.5	Charles F. Cole (Republican)
Colorado	Lawrence C. Phipps	Republican	Re-elected, 50.2 – 43.9 – 5.0	Alva B. Adams (Democratic) Morton Alexander (Independent)
Colorado[2]	Alva B. Adams	Democratic	Retired: Republican victory, 50.2 – 43.7 – 5.5	Rice W. Means (Republican) Morrison Shafroth (Democratic) Charles T. Phelps (Independent)
Connecticut[3]	Frank B. Brandegee	Republican	Died: Republican victory, 60.4 – 38.6	Hiram Bingham III (Republican) Hamilton Holt (Democratic)
Delaware	L. Heisler Ball	Republican	Defeated in primary: Republican victory, 59.4 – 40.6	T. Coleman du Pont (Republican) James M. Tunnell (Democratic)
Georgia	William J. Harris	Democratic	Re-elected, unopposed
Idaho	William E. Borah	Republican	Re-elected, 79.5 – 20.1	Frank Martin (Democratic)
Illinois	Medill McCormick	Republican	Defeated in primary: Republican victory, 63.5 – 35.4	Charles S. Deneen (Republican) Albert A. Sprague (Democratic)
Iowa[4]	Smith W. Brookhart	Republican	Re-elected, 50.0 – 50.0	Daniel F. Steck (Democratic)
Kansas	Arthur Capper	Republican	Re-elected, 70.1 – 25.2	James Malone (Democratic)
Kentucky	Augustus O. Stanley	Democratic	Defeated, 51.6 – 48.4	Frederic M. Sackett (Republican)
Louisiana	Joseph E. Ransdell	Democratic	Re-elected, unopposed
Maine	Bert M. Fernald	Republican	Re-elected, 60.4 – 28.2	Fulton J. Redman (Democratic)
Massachusetts	David I. Walsh	Democratic	Defeated, 50.3 – 48.6	Frederick H. Gillett (Republican)
Michigan	James Couzens	Republican	Re-elected, 74.3 – 24.6	Mortimer E. Cooley (Democratic)
Minnesota	Magnus Johnson	Farmer–Labor	Defeated, 46.5 – 45.5 – 6.4	Thomas D. Schall (Republican) John J. Farrell (Democratic)
Mississippi	Pat Harrison	Democratic	Re-elected, unopposed
Montana	Thomas J. Walsh	Democratic	Re-elected, 52.8 – 42.4	Frank B. Linderman (Republican)
Nebraska	George W. Norris	Republican	Re-elected, 62.4 – 37.6	J. J. Thomas (Democratic)
New Hampshire	Henry W. Keyes	Republican	Re-elected, 59.8 – 40.2	George E. Farrand (Democratic)
New Jersey	Walter E. Edge	Republican	Re-elected, 61.8 – 33.7	Frederick W. Donnelly (Democratic)
New Mexico	Holm O. Bursum	Republican	Defeated, 49.9 – 47.4	Sam G. Bratton (Democratic)
North Carolina	Furnifold M. Simmons	Democratic	Re-elected, 61.6 – 38.5	A. A. Whitener (Republican)
Oklahoma	Robert L. Owen	Democratic	Retired: Republican victory, 61.6 – 35.4	William B. Pine (Republican) John C. Walton (Democratic)
Oregon	Charles L. McNary	Republican	Re-elected, 66.0 – 24.7 – 7.7	Milton A. Miller (Democratic) F. E. Coulter (Progressive)
Rhode Island	Jesse H. Metcalf	Republican	Re-elected, 57.6 – 41.8	William S. Flynn (Democratic)
South Carolina	Nathaniel B. Dial	Democratic	Defeated in primary: Democratic victory, unopposed	Coleman L. Blease (Democratic)
South Dakota	Thomas Sterling	Republican	Defeated in primary: Republican victory, 45.4 – 33.1 – 12.1 – 7.2	William H. McMaster (Republican) U. S. G. Cherry (Democratic) Tom Ayres (Farmer–Labor) George Egan (Independent)
Tennessee	John K. Shields	Democratic	Defeated in primary: Democratic victory, 57.3 – 42.6	Lawrence D. Tyson (Democratic) H. B. Lindsay (Republican)
Texas	Morris Sheppard	Democratic	Re-elected, 85.4 – 14.6	T. M. Kennerly (Republican)
Virginia	Carter Glass	Democratic	Re-elected, 73.1 – 24.2	W. N. Noak (Republican)
West Virginia	Davis Elkins	Republican	Retired: Republican victory, 50.9 – 47.7	Guy D. Goff (Republican) William E. Chilton (Democratic)
Wyoming	Francis E. Warren	Republican	Incumbent re-elected in 1924, 55.2 – 44.8	Robert R. Rose (Democratic)

Senate composition before and after elections

68th Congress Senate Composition																					69th Congress Senate Composition
Color Key:   = Republican   = Democratic   = Farmer–Labor

See also

• United States elections, 1924
  • United States presidential election, 1924
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1924
• 68th United States Congress
• 69th United States Congress

References

1. September 8, 1924 in Maine
2. special election held due to death of Samuel D. Nicholson (R-CO). Interim Senator Alva B. Adams (D-CO) unsuccessfully ran for the other Senate seat.
3. special election held due to death of Frank B. Brandegee (R-CT)
4. Steck contested the election, and although Brookhart was initially seated in the Senate, eventually he was unseated in favor of Steck. This is the only time a Senate election has been overturned after one candidate had already been seated.